Decriminalization

Prostitution has been called “the world’s oldest profession”. It has been around for many years. It involves commercial sex, where men or women are making a living by having sexual intorcorse with each other. Legalizing prostitution can solve lots of problems but it’s unlikely that those old white people in Washington are going to make the change. Reality check children! If whoring around has been here this long, I mean come on guys it's 2015 it ain't going nowhere. Sex workers in Nevada make…

Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana A well-known 1980’s comedian named Bill Hicks once said, “Why is marijuana against the law? IT grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit…unnatural? (goodreads.com)” There are various benefits from this naturally grown herb that America has failed to use to their advantage. The legalization of Marijuana would aid various individuals with the specific health issue they face. Numerous individuals stated…

Global crime’s prominence is heavily dependent on the “revolutionary technological, financial, communication, economic, cultural, and political changes” that comes with globalization. This piece explores the globalization of crime, the global drug problem, the global smuggling of migrants, contemporary slavery and human trafficking, criminal gangs and kidnapping, the illegal trade in endangered animals and plants, cybercrimes and piracy, global responses to crime, and concludes with a case study…

Justice Ogbonnaya Mr. Bolivar Composition 10 29 November 2016 In 1929, the head of the Department of Prohibition wrongly outlawed marijuana because his department was being heavily funded with nothing to do after the prohibition of all alcohol-related products had ended in a failure. So that his funding wouldn’t get taken away, he tried to find something for his department to ban and outlaw. The unlucky winner was marijuana. He fabricated false claims against the drug even though he previously…

The age-long debate on whether or not to legalize marijuana seems to be one of the big questions going on in America these days. With three states legalizing recreational marijuana other states seem to be changing their view and policy on it. Many more states seem to be asking themselves “To blaze or not to blaze’’ as well as many Americans. There are many sides of this question and many views on each side of the debate. People seem to take either a moral standpoint or a progressive view. The…

Prostitution in the United states is illegal in all fifty states except some parts of Nevada. This is an issue that has surrounding the country for years now. Prostitution is considered the world's oldest “profession.” Prostitution can have many benefits to the countries and the economy of the countries it is legal in. (source #1) In countries across the world where prostitution is legal they are required to have health exams. They believe this helps our employees stay safe and clean. Having…

Brown 1 Benjamin Brown Professor Charles Nesbitt ENC 1102 04/13/2017 This is my rebuttal to the article “Why Gambling Should Be Illegal” by Amerton. Jackpot! The sound of the machine spitting chips out worth thousands of dollars. An excited gambler takes a sip of scotch and smiles. The other person smiling, the state officials raking in the tax money from the earnings like a large pile of leaves in the fall. Benefits of the tax money that gambling brings a state is clear. “American government…

Imagine passing up free money. Most probably would not. That's exactly what states are doing. In the Unites States, sports gambling is illegal in all states except Nevada. Sports gambling is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. Gambling, in general, is a controversial topic. Sports gambling is amongst this topic. The pros of this topic are very strong and so our the cons. Professional sports betting should be legal throughout the United States because…

“A key objective of Bill C-36 is to ‘end demand’ for sexual services — a factor which was accepted as the primary cause of the existence of the sex industry. As such, the Preamble to Bill C-36 recognizes the importance of denouncing and prohibiting the ‘purchase of sexual services because it creates a demand for prostitution’.” (Galbally, 2016). In addition to this statement is that being a prostitute is legal but most of the activities surrounding the offerings of sexual service(s) is illegal.…

For example, Colorado has decriminalized the plant for sale to the public for recreational consumption. The laws regarding legalization now are strictly state decriminalization. The federal law is still in effect rendering the plant illegal to possess. Colorado citizens can finally put it in their pipe and smoke it! The first day of 2012 the doors to shops were opened to lengthy lines of patrons willing to be in the…